Toyman

Hmmm. My experience with VISTA is that when you save a file and give it the
same name as an existing file, you're give 3 choices: 1) Replace an existing
file; 2) Save changes with a different name; 3) Merge changes into existing
file. But you already pointed that out.

Otherwise, the duplicate file name can be saved in different folders (i.e.
paths), as you pointed out - reason being so different software
publishers/programs don't have to be aware of the file names of everyone
else's files.

In XP, it's the same, only superficially different, in that XP will save a
(duplicate) file name and append a suffix to the name to distinguish it from
a different version - perhaps a completely different file, but with the same
name. Otherwise, even in XP, a duplicate file name can be saved in multiple
folders - without the suffix - again, as you pointed out.

I have to ask if you're more interested in saving different VERSIONS of the
same file.

Toyman
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"cb" <cb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know this has probably been discussed thousands of times, but i would like
to know if there is any way that I can set up Vista to ask me if I want to
name a file the same name as an existing file.

I just did some experiments and Vista will allow me to name a file the same
name as another existing file. The files having different paths is not
helpful to me.

This is causing me big headaches in my work product.

I turned off hide extensions but that isn't helping me.

I long for XP where it would always tell me if the conflict existed.